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this is the fifth issue of JMU CKI newsletterTRANSCRIPT
CkJames Madison
University iMoose TracksMaddie’s
Rockingham County Fair!August 13 - 18
Come out to help the the Kiwanis club at the county fair at their
stand. If you are interested email Katie.
Do not forget . . . .
Get your Volunteer on!
Your summer hours count towards next semester! Email your event to Carly ([email protected]) to have your volunteer activity count for hours. Also - keep up with new things going on with JMU CKI at our website (jmucki.weebly.com)! Hope everyone is having an awesome summer!
Take an amazing photo this summer?Submit your amazing photo/s to be featured in next months issue! Send a caption or story
to go along with your photo and you could be a full page feature. Let everyone know how awesome your summer has been!
The Circle K Interna-tional Convention/ Large Scale Service Project took place in New Orleans during the week of June 24 to June 30. Being a rookie to both events, I had no idea what I was getting myself into. The week start-ed off with the Large Scale Service Project. The 175 par-ticipants were divided into 19 groups and did various service project in the New Orleans community. Some of the projects ranged from rebuild-ing homes that were damaged in Hurricane Katrina, painting murals for museums, work-ing with kids at the Boys and Girls Club, laying out mulch and planting flowers, and many more! The second day of LSSP was spent with Habitat for Humanity and their various sites in New Orleans. My group got the chance to work on two houses that were right next to each other. It was an amazing experience and
some of us even got to meet the family that was going to live in one of the houses!! On Wednesday, there were in-service project at the ho-tel--we made ELIMINATE pins and corsages to be sold at the Kiwanis International Convention that was being held in New Orleans as well! On Wednesday, Inter-national Convention officially started with an exciting open-ing session and a flag pro-cession of the all of the countries that Circle K In-ternational clubs are repre-sented in. It was cool to see the differences in districts and subregions ( made of up of districts that close in proximity) but also the way were all connected by this wonderful service organiza-tion. This week, I participated in my first flash mob at the Kiwanis International Open-
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ing session, which also had guest speakers Sean and Leigh Anne Touhy, the real couple that ad-opted Michael Oher in “The Blind Side”. As a delegate, I voted on amendments and for the 2012-2013 International Board. There were informative workshops that I know will be helpful to Presidential Division this year. At the joint Kiwanis and Circle K leadership luncheon, we got the chance to hear Glee’s Lauren Potter speak on her success as an actress and liaison to Barrack Obama! There was even an tal-ent show and awards night. Vir-ginia Tech, VCU, NOVA- Alexandria were big capital winners this year. It wasn’t all business, though. The Capital District group got to explore the histori-cally rich city, eat mouth-wa-tering food, and mingle with some of the locals. I am so glad that I had the opportunity to at-tend both LSSP and ICON this year. I met so many people from around the country and the world who care just as much as I do about Service, Leadership, and Fellowship. Next year’s ICON/LSSP will be in Vancouver and I hope that I’ve convinced you guys to consider participating next year. I hope that I can! :)
Yours in Service,
Tameka Glover
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Maddies Moose Tracks is still making marks! I need articles about summer
activitives that you all are participating in! Email me at
Look for the answers in next months issue!
June Member of the Month
JMU CKI Officers
Executive Vice President : Olivia [email protected]
Secretary : Carly [email protected]
Treasurer : Tuan [email protected]
Service Vice President : Shvan [email protected]
Fellowship Vice President : Aneta [email protected]
Editor : Emily [email protected]
Hisotrian : Morgan Ewing [email protected]
Kiwansis Family Vice President : Garce [email protected]
President : Katie Benusa [email protected]
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Maddie Moose
Answers from last months issue
Major: Forest ecologyYear: Freshman
Favorite thing about CKI: “Meeting all the members and experienc-ing all the events with them.”
Maddie is the member of the month because he has been there supporting CKI even over the summer. Thanks for your support Maddie!